THE AFRICA CEO FORUM AWARDS 2016 will honor the CEOs and companies that have shaped the year in Africa
February 25, 2016
Six prizes will be announced on the evening of 21 March 2016, in the presence of Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. Finalists in the various categories include:
AFRICAN COMPANY OF THE YEAR
1. ASCENDIS HEALTH
2. DANGOTE GROUP
3. ISON GROUP
4. MAROC TELECOM
5. NASPERS
6. SAFARICOM
7. SANLAM
8. SEPLAT
AFRICAN BANK OF THE YEAR
1. AFRILAND FIRST BANK
2. ATTIJARIWAFA BANK
3. BGFIBANK HOLDING
4. GUARANTY TRUST BANK
5. GROUPE BANQUE POPULAIRE
6. RAWBANK
7. STANDARD BANK GROUP
8. ZENITH BANK
PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTOR OF THE YEAR
1. AFRICA FINANCE CORPORATION
2. AFRICINVEST
3. AMETHIS FINANCE
4. BLACKSTONE
5. ECP
6. KKR
7. VITAL CAPITAL FUND
8. WENDEL AFRICA
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION OF THE YEAR
1. AFRICA INTERNET GROUP
2. AXA
3. CFAO
4. G4S
5. HEINEKEN
6. OLAM
7. NECOTRANS
8. UNILEVER
CEO OF THE YEAR
1. Aliko Dangote, President / CEO, DANGOTE GROUP
2. Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi, Chairman of the board, BANK OF AFRICA GROUP
3. Divine Ndhlukula, Founder and MD, SECURICO
4. Fatima Beyina-Moussa, MD, ECAIR
5. Jaswinder Bedi, CEO, BEDI INVESTMENTS
6. Jean Kacou Diagou, President, NSIA GROUP
7. Oba Otudeko, President, HONEYWELL GROUP
8. Zouhair Bennani, CEO, LABEL’VIE
YOUNG CEO OF THE YEAR
1. Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder and CEO, MARA GROUP
2. Gossy Ukanwoke, Founder, BAU R&D
3. Jason Njoku, Co-Founder and CEO, IROKO
4. Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua, CEO, BANCO NACIONAL DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL
5. Michael Macharia, Founder and Group CEO, SEVEN SEAS TECHNOLOGIES
6. Saad Sefrioui, MD, GROUPE ADDOHA
7. Sangu Delle, Founder and CEO, GOLDEN PALM INVESTMENTS
8. Sébastien Kadio-Morokro, MD, PETRO IVOIRE
The AFRICA CEO FORUM AWARDS will, for the first time, honor a “YOUNG CEO OF THE YEAR” an African CEO under 40 who heads an upcoming African company that shows strong growth potential.
Since the first AFRICA CEO FORUM AWARDS in 2012, nearly 100 companies, Private Equity Funds and CEOs have been nominated by succeeding juries and 20 Awards have been presented. These include the coveted CEO OF THE YEAR title which has been awarded to:
– Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO, Ethiopian Airlines (2012)
– Daphne Mashile-Nkosi, CEO, Kalagadi Manganese (2014)
– Issad Rebrab, CEO, Cevital and Chris Kirbui, Director, Centum Investment Group (2015)
To find out more : www.theafricaceoforumawards.com
Follow us on social media :
– Twitter : @africaceoforum #ACF2016Awards #ACF2016
– LinkedIn : The Africa CEO Forum group
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of the Africa CEO Forum.
About the AFRICA CEO FORUM
Set up in partnership with the African Development Bank, the AFRICA CEO FORUM is an event organized jointly by Groupe Jeune Afrique, publisher of Jeune Afrique and The Africa Report, and Rainbow Unlimited, a Swiss company specializing in organizing economic promotion events.
The 2015 edition played host to more than 800 African and international figures, including 500 CEOs from 43 African countries and 100 top-level speakers, cementing AFRICA CEO FORUM’s status as the foremost event on development issues in the African private sector.
Press contact:
Abdoul Maïga
Tel. +33 1 44 30 18 18
a.maiga@theafricaceoforum.com
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